कि

Not to be confused with की.

Hindi

Pronunciation

Standard:

  • IPA(key): /ki/

Dialectal:

  • IPA(key): /ke/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian که (ke).

Conjunction

कि (ki) (Urdu spelling کہ)

  1. that
    मुझे मालूम नहीं था कि तुम्हें मराठी आती है
    mujhe mālūm nahī̃ thā ki tumhẽ marāṭhī ātī hai.
    I didn't know that you speak Marathi
    (literally, “It wasn't known to me that Marathi comes to you.”)

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), که”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), कि”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Platts, John T. (1884), कि”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • कि”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
  • Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), कि”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), ki”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  • Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), कि”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 134
  • Bahri, Hardev (1989), कि”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

Etymology 2

See क्या (kyā, what).

Particle

कि (ki) (Urdu spelling کہ)

  1. or
    Synonyms: या (), अथवा (athvā)
Usage notes

Usually used as कि … कि … (ki … ki …, … or …).

Nepali

Conjunction

कि (ki)

1. or

Newar

Pronunciation

Noun

कि (ki) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐎𑐶)

  1. grain
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